By Virginia Langmaid, CNN The chief of the embattled Aurora, Colorado, police department — who took over during the fallout over death of Elijah McClain — was fired Wednesday amid concerns that the city’s manager said were about management and leadership. “There are two main themes that continue to rise up as top of concerns:
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By Luke McGee, Nathan Hodge, Lauren Kent, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Germany’s foreign intelligence service told a parliamentary committee Wednesday that it has intercepted radio communications where Russian soldiers talked about shooting soldiers and civilians in Ukraine, a source with knowledge of the meeting said. The briefing was the top item at the
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By Nathan Hodge, Eoin McSweeney and Niamh Kennedy, CNN CNN has geolocated a recent video that appears to show the execution of a Russian prisoner by Ukrainian forces following recent fighting in the Kyiv region. The video — first verified by the New York Times — shows a group of soldiers with Ukrainian patches and
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN More than a 1,000 books have been banned in 86 school districts in 26 states across the United States, a new PEN America analysis shows. PEN America, a literary and free expression advocacy organization, released a detailed analysis on Thursday of challenges to and bans on school library books and class
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By Rob Picheta, CNN As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters a pivotal new phase, fighting is intensifying in the east of the country and officials have warned of a battle that “will remind you of the Second World War.” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday that fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters a pivotal new phase, fighting is intensifying in the east of the country and officials have warned of a battle that “will remind you of the Second World War.” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday that fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine
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By Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN, and journalist Azaz Syed Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that a decision to block a vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan was unconstitutional, with legislators now set to vote on Saturday. The Supreme Court reached the unanimous decision after special proceedings that stretched to four days
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By Rachel Ramirez A potent planet-warming gas set a record for the second year in a row, scientists reported Thursday, just as the UN’s panel on climate change warned the world is running out of time to rein in fossil fuel emissions. Methane — the second largest contributor to the human-caused climate crisis after carbon
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former International Monetary Fund Director. Personal Birth date: April 25, 1949 Birth place: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France Birth name: Dominique Gaston Andre Strauss-Kahn Father: Gilbert Strauss-Kahn, a legal and tax advisor Mother: Jacqueline Fellus, a journalist Marriages: Myriam L’Aouffir (October 2017-present); Anne Sinclair (1991-2013,
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Despite qualifying, runners living in Russia or Belarus are banned from participating in this year’s Boston Marathon and Boston Athletic Association 5K, according to organizers. The ban affects 63 athletes who signed up for either one or both races, BAA spokesperson Kendra Butters told CNN. The 126th Boston Marathon is scheduled
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By Mostafa Salem and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Yemen‘s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has been replaced by a newly formed presidential council in a bid to support UN efforts to end the country’s seven-year civil war. Analysts have called the announcement a “big deal” in the bitter conflict which has been described as the world’s worst
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By Faith Karimi, CNN Nancy Crampton-Brophy wrote steamy romance novels with muscular, often shirtless, men on their covers and titles like “The Wrong Husband.” Some carried a tagline that said, “wrong never felt so right.” But for Crampton-Brophy, life with her husband of almost two decades appeared anything but wrong. She and Daniel Brophy lived
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By Melissa Alonso and Jason Hanna, CNN Electric service restoration efforts were still underway Thursday evening in Puerto Rico, a utility company said, a day after the start of an island-wide outage that left many people in the dark overnight and prompted school cancellations and other interruptions across the US territory. Most customers on the
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By Megan Marples, CNN Dozens of megalithic jars have been unearthed in Assam, India, at four previously unknown sites, according to a study published in the journal Asian Archaeology. The stone jars range from 1 to 3 meters (about 3.2 to 9.8 feet) tall, according to study coauthor Nicholas Skopal, doctoral candidate at Australia National
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Big changes are coming to your 401(k). A new bill, expected to hit President Joe Biden’s desk this year, could require employers to automatically enroll all eligible workers into their retirement plans, making it easier for student-loan borrowers to save, and for older workers to make catch-up contributions. Here’s what you
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Big changes are coming to your 401(k). A new bill, expected to hit President Joe Biden’s desk this year, could require employers to automatically enroll all eligible workers into their retirement plans, making it easier for student-loan borrowers to save, and for older workers to make catch-up contributions. Here’s what you
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Big changes are coming to your 401(k). A new bill, expected to hit President Joe Biden’s desk this year, could require employers to automatically enroll all eligible workers into their retirement plans, making it easier for student-loan borrowers to save, and for older workers to make catch-up contributions. Here’s what you
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By Tara John, Oleksandra Ochman, Eoin McSweeney and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Iryna Filkina had big plans for the year. She was turning 53 in April and planned to start focusing on herself after spending the past three decades working tirelessly and raising her two daughters between the towns of Bucha and Irpin, in the suburbs
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By Jomana Karadsheh and Isil Sariyuce, CNN A Turkish court ruled Thursday that the trial in absentia of 26 suspects accused of murdering Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi can be moved to Saudi Arabia, in a move that could effectively end the case. Khashoggi’s killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018 triggered a global
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By Jenn Selva, CNN A Pennsylvania police officer and two other people were shot in Northeast Philadelphia on Wednesday evening before the suspect fatally shot himself, according to authorities. The officer, who serves with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), is in critical but stable condition, the Philadelphia Police Department said in a statement. Two
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